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Existing-Home Sales Dial Back in October

WASHINGTON (November 23, 2015) — With mortgage rates remaining below 4 percent for the third straight month, existing-home sales in October were at a healthy pace but failed to keep up with September's jump, according to the National Association of Realtors®. All four major regions saw no gains in sales in October.

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Home ownership

3rd Qtr 2015

+63.7%

3rd Qtr 2014

+64.4%

The homeownership rate in the third quarter 2015 was 63.7 percent, down 0.7 (+/- 0.4) percentage points from the third quarter 2014 rate of 64.4 percent. The homeownership rate in the Northeast was lower than the rate one year ago, while the rates in the Midwest, South and West were not statistically different from the rates in the third quarter 2014.

New home sales

September 2015

-11.5%

August 2015

+5.2%

Sales of new single-family houses in September 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 468,000. This is 11.5 percent (+/- 11.3%) below the revised August 2015 estimate of 529,000.

Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

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